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By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Five of the 12 people arrested in December in connection with an alleged cocaine trafficking syndicate operating out of a Greenfield barbershop pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Thursday afternoon after their cases...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — As the Selectboard mulls the transfer of Club Castaway’s liquor and adult entertainment licenses, the focus of its latest discussion revolved around the new owners’ inexperience in managing a strip club.At its Wednesday meeting, the board...

By BRIAN STEELE

LEVERETT — A sixth grade student at Leverett Elementary School, known as a soccer star who liked to compete with his friends to see who could read the most books, drowned on Sunday in Puerto Rico after he was swept away by violent waves.The family of...

Monday, Jan. 315:40 p.m. – Chad Walter Delaney, 43, of Congress Street, Greenfield, was arrested on an arrest warrant.Tuesday, Feb. 112:31 a.m. – Larceny reported on Riverside Drive.9:12 a.m. – Vandalism reported on Country Club Road.5:46 p.m....

By DEVLIN SELMAN

Not all industrial solar arrays are a “sunny” great thing. Large solar companies such as Nexamp offer “too good to be true” incentives for landowners to lease their land and build a solar “farm” to capture the sun’s energy so they can do “good!” We...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Northwestern Anti-Crime Task Force, with assistance from the Orange Police Department, seized narcotics and cash after executing a search warrant on Chase Street on Wednesday.According to the Orange Police Department’s Facebook page,...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE CENTER — After changing hands, the fine dining restaurant adjacent to The Montague Bookmill begins a new chapter Thursday with its official public opening under the name Watershed.Watershed’s opening is the first time a new restaurant has...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With a month under his belt, Greenfield High School Principal Derek Morrison is already looking ahead to his vision for the school in three years.“I kind of always focus on a backwards design model, which is basically … ‘Where can I see...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After 60 years in the family, the Chevrolet dealership on Main Street is changing hands. Dillon Chevrolet will make the transition this week to McGovern Chevrolet of Greenfield, according to Jay Dillon, co-owner of the dealership at 54...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Gill resident Rufus Thomas, 40, is facing charges in both Greenfield District Court and Franklin County Superior Court resulting from his alleged trafficking of various drugs, including about 730 bags of fentanyl. Thomas, who had a...

GREENFIELD — Speeding through a construction zone early Sunday morning resulted in the arrest of two Vermonters for charges related to drugs, alcohol and fireworks.Victoria Thompson, 28, of Cavendish, Vt., and Marshall Gagne, 41, of Springfield, Vt.,...

By SHELBY ASHLINE

NORTHFIELD — Growing up in a low-income family in Brattleboro, Vt., and later Turners Falls, Jon Hall remembers the positive interactions he had with local police officers. That experience, coupled with wanting to help people, shaped his decision to...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Behavioral Health Network has partnered with the Community Health Center of Franklin County to start the state’s first rural methadone clinic, which opened this past week.The new Orange Opioid Treatment Program is located at 119 New Athol...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Councilors have voted to accept the reprecincting map for the city, following a request for the state to review it again in hopes of better aligning it with the House of Representatives district map that legislators approved in October,...

Monday, Nov. 8 10:51 a.m. — Hit-and-run reported at Applebee’s on the Mohawk Trail.3:57 p.m. — Vandalism reported at the intersection of River Street and the Mohawk Trail.4:05 p.m. — Assaults and/or battery reported at Clinical & Support Options on...

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center has resumed orthopedic surgeries after nearly a year, thanks to the addition of board-certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Colin S. Cooper to its medical staff.Cooper has joined Baystate Franklin as part of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court jury on Friday awarded a $10 million verdict, the largest in county history, to a sexual assault survivor.Jampa Gonpo, a former Tibetan monk now in his early 50s, was employed by the victim’s father as a...

Sunday, Oct. 244:44 p.m. — Kellie J. Rameau, 52, of 4 Armory Street Apartments in Greenfield, was served an arrest warrant.4:57 p.m. — Accident reported on Conway Street.Monday, Oct. 25 12:21 a.m. — Justin R. Page, 28, of Stonewall Drive in Ashfield,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Greenfield woman is being held on $5,000 bail after allegedly abusing her baby to the point of causing injuries that include a skull fracture, bite marks, a jaw fracture and a brain bleed.Alexis C. McClure, 24, of School Street, pleaded...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A photographer best known for his pictures of nude adolescents was sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to an unnatural and lascivious act with a child under 16 when he was a dorm...